warrior

noun

war·rior

ˈwȯr-yər,

ˈwȯr-ē-ər

ˈwär-ē-,

also ˈwär-yər

often attributive

Synonyms of warrior next

: a person engaged or experienced in warfare

broadly : a person engaged in some struggle or conflict

poverty warriors

Example Sentences

a proud and brave warrior a program of tough training and discipline that turns untried civilians into warriors

Recent Examples on the Web Check out this hilarious video of herself doing a perfect warrior 2 pose as Clive chills on her shoulder: This content is imported from poll. —

Korin Miller, Women's Health, 23 Mar. 2023 Having started out in Hong Kong action flicks in the '80s and '90s, Yeoh became known in US markets after playing a Bond girl in Tomorrow Never Dies and hit the awards radars as female warrior Yu Shu Lien in 2000's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. —

Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 23 Mar. 2023 Ergo, Peter must best the city’s fiercest warrior in single combat, fly and make a bereaved countess laugh for the first time since her brother died in battle. —

Michael Nordine, Variety, 15 Mar. 2023 That may be the case at this moment as warrior Mars in your sign squares Neptune in your ambitious 10th house. —

Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023 Besieged by barbarian raiders, his parents prayed to their gods for a miracle, and were gifted this unstoppable warrior for a son. —

Christian Holub, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2023 Yeoh joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the most graceful of styles, playing a mystical warrior who showed just how much of a dance martial-arts combat can really be. —

Dan Heching, CNN, 10 Mar. 2023 Hogan would have been one of the few Republican presidential candidates to pitch themselves as a centrist, technocratic alternative in a field increasingly shaped by Trump’s success as a bomb-throwing cultural warrior. —

Erin Cox, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2023 There were some, though, who wanted to maintain the Mandalorians' traditional warrior ways. —

Brendan Morrow, The Week, 28 Feb. 2023 See More

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